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United States Minnesota Polk County

	Minnesota Online Records

County Courthouse

Polk County Courthouse
612 N Broadway
Crookston, MN 56716
Phone: 218.281.3464

County Administrator has birth, death, probate and court records from 1875.
County Recorder has land records. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1858--Polk County was created 20 July 1858 from Pembina (Old) County. County seat: Crookston ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Clearwater
• Grand Forks County, North Dakota
• Mahnomen
• Marshall
• Norman
• Pennington
• Red Lake
• Traill County, North Dakota
• Walsh County, North Dakota

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

• McCall, T. M. Centennial History of Polk County. Crookston, MN: McGarry Printing Co., 1961. Print.

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

• Polk Historical Society

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Polk County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Polk County, Minnesota page 367, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).